Sentence examples for basketball background from inspiring English sources

He's got a great basketball background.

He said orthopedics fit his basketball background and his intellectual curiosity.

Alex Ovechkin is one of the few N.H.L. players with a basketball background; his mother starred for the Soviet national team.

"He had a law degree and a diverse background, but he also has a pretty rich basketball background," Larry Miller, Portland's team president, said of Cho.

But Brown said he realized that in the coming months, as a former accountant with a basketball background, he was sure to be a target.

The last thing they want to see next is a tall, athletic tight end with a basketball background in Week 2. Brandon Pettigrew (DET) vs. Arizona — The Cardinals were rocked by Jared Cook for 7 catches, 141 yards, and 2 TDs, which breathes a little hope into Pettigrew's diminishing fantasy stock.

Orlovsky also briefly helmed the 0-16 Detroit Lions in 2008; with his basketball-school background, his next step should be a stint with the Washington Generals.

Here's what happened, instead: Williams, going up for an apparent layup, instead ricocheted the basketball off the background.

That, combined with the overwhelming popularity of college football and the hundreds of millions of dollars that sport generates in TV contracts, effectively forced basketball to the background as conferences scrambled to reconfigure.

It was almost the beginning of acting for me, like, "Hey, you go over there and play basketball in the background, and don't even think about the camera".

But in many ways, his background in basketball and rugby has prepared him.